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F. J. DEVERALL'.

STOPPER.

Patented 0012.5, 1886.

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UNITED STATES QPATENT FFICE.

FREDERICK J. DEVERALL OF BROOKLYN, ASSIGNOR TO THE DEVERALL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ST OPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 350,454, dated October 5, 1886.

Application filed May '7, 1856., Serial No. 201,40R. (No model.) v

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK J. D'EVER- ALL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stop pers, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in bottle-stoppers; and it consists in certain features of construction, particularly pointed out in the claims.

The particular construction of the cork and east-metal attachment will appear in full hereinafter, and is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a central vertical section of the stopper, the outlet-passage being open. Fig. 2 is a like view of same, the outlet being closed. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the stopper, illustrating the aperture in the side of the tube in communication with the recess cut in the bottom of the cork. Fig. 4 is atop view of the stopper.

In the drawings, A designates the stopper, composed of the cork B and cast whitemetal attachment N, the latter consisting of the tube E and disk G, the tube snuglyfilling a central aperture,Y, in the cork, and the disk resting upon and covering the cork.

The tube E extends both above and below,

and is cast in one'piece with the disk G, and the outlet-passage D through the tube is open at its upper end and closed at its lower end, except at a suitable point on the side of the tube, whereat it opens into an aperture, H, which is in such relation to a recess, F, out in the bottom of the cork B, that it may, by turning the tube,be brought into communication therewith, as shown in Fig. 1, or removed therefrom, as indicated in Fig. 2, at will, and thus form an unobstructed outlet, or close said outlet and prevent any escape of the contents of the receptacle.

An arrow or other indicati ng-mark, arranged in line with the aperture H, is applied upon the disk G and utilized to guide the user in turning the tube so as to bring the said aperture into communication with the recess F, which may be observed through glass bottles, or an indicating-mark on the outside of the receptacle may be made to denote the position of the recess. When the arrow and indicating-mark are brought into line, it will indicate that the aperture H and recess F are in communication with each other, and when they are not in line it will denote that the aperture is against a solid part of the cork, and

that the outlet is closed.-

I hereby disclaim the device shown in the patent to Flinn, dated March 24,1868, and numbered 75, 74.4, in which the equivalent of the tube E is at its lower end enlarged to form an annular flange, which serves to permanently bind the tube and cork together; but that portion of the flange which crosses the opening Fin the cork-acts to obstructthe entrance of liquid into said opening andhinto the port or opening H of the tube, and, furthermore, said flange, if made before inserting the tube into the central aperture, Y, of the cork,tends to split the cork or enlargement of said aperture therein, and if made after requires additional cost of manufacture.

Vhat I claim as my invention, and secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. As an article of manufacture, the stopdesire to perherein shown and described, consisting of of the tube E and flange G, the latter being intermediate said tube and completely covering said cork and a portion of the upper edges ofthe bottle, and its edges serving as a means by which it may he turned, the lower part of the tubeE being flangeless and closed at its lower end, and provided with alateral opening, H, substantially as shown and described.

2. The integral metal casting N, consisting of the tube E and intermediate coveringflange,G, bearing an indicatingcharacter, the tube E being closed at its lower end and provided with a lateral opening, F, combined with the cork having aperture Y and recess H, and with an indicating-character on the neck of the bottle in line with said recess, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 4th day of May, A. D. 1886.

- FREDERICK J. DEVERALL. Witnesses:

MoR Is WISEL,

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